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JEssays. 



Tliis plant is closely allied to the Araucaria?, but hardier and well worth 

 growing ; Avhen yoimg its foliage turns brown in winter, and the plant 

 appears sickly, but as it grows this is not perceptible. It is very graceful in 

 its growth. 



Cephalotaxus foHuni (male) North China hardy. 



„ „ (female) ,, „ 



This variety of Taxus grows very well here ; the male plant, however, is 

 too straggling in its growth ; the female promises to form a compact, hand- 

 some tree. 



hardy. 



Cupressus laicsoniana 



CaUforiiia 



„ macrocarjja 



„ 



„ majestica 



» 



,, macnallana 



„ 



„ zidheana 



Mexico 



„ tlmrifei-a 



,, 



„ torulosa 



Nepal 



„ lusitanica 



East Indies 



„ cornet/ana 



Chiua 



„ funehris ov pendiila 



„ 



„ thyokles variegata 



North America 



„ horizontalis 



South Eiu'ope 



„ sempervirens 

 SA fir A F4miip. nf -hliA liAQ-f: vfi 



Grreece 

 T-ifif.iAs nf fliA r>-57 



remarkably fast and well, so much so that they will sooner than any coni- 

 ferous plant I know form shelter. They are very handsome in their growth 

 where they are allowed plenty of room to grow as specimen plants ; to crowd 

 them up in shrubberies is to lose their graceful growth. The fastest 

 groAving of those named are macrocarjpa and torulosa, both of which form 

 large trees ; the foliage of the former is a very beautiful green ; tlmrifera, 

 macnahiana, and lulheana arc dwarfer in their growth ; pendula is a beautiful 

 variety, but does not assume its pendulous character until attaining a good 

 size. Altogether, few plants are more deserving of culture than the cypress 

 tribe. 



New Zealand hardy. 



Wide Bay 



Dammara australis 

 bidxvillii 



tender. 



moon 

 hroioni 



New Caledonia „ 



Swan River hardy. 



This class of plants is more curious than beautiful, and therefore hardly 



worthy of general culture. 



Juiiiperus iermudiana 

 sinensis 



„ p end Ilia 

 cracovia 

 Mhernica 

 oxycedriis 

 sabina 

 prostrata 



Bermuda 



China 



Poland 

 Ireland 

 South of Europe 



hardy. 



